Count Basie: At JazzWax, Marc Myers shares a video of Count Basie's band performing at Nice, France, in 1977.
Miles Davis: At All About Jazz, Doug Collette reviews the Miles Davis album, Miles At The Fillmore - Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
Herbie Hancock: Dave Pehling reviews the May 17 Herbie Hancock concert in San Francisco at SF Weekly Blogs.
Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter: At the San Jose Mercury News, Richard Scheinin speculates on the 12 most important musicians in jazz. He includes Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, and Wayne Shorter on the list.
Sun Ra: According to Jeff Tamarkin at JazzTimes, the Sun Ra Music Archive has reissued 21 classic Sun Ra albums digitally for iTunes.
Sonny Rollins: Marc Myers discusses four "CD discoveries of the week" at JazzWax, inlcuding Sonny Rollins's Road Shows Vol. 3. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
McCoy Tyner: At Do the Math, Ethan Iverson shares sheet music and audio clips for two McCoy Tyner pieces.
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